Archive for the ‘robotics/AI’ category: Page 2010
Jun 11, 2018
The robot will see you now: how AI could revolutionise NHS
Posted by Amnon H. Eden in categories: biotech/medical, employment, health, policy, robotics/AI
NHS hospital bosses are debating a reform involving “widespread adoption of artificial intelligence” and “full automation”.
From diagnosis to recovery, machines could take on a range of jobs, a new report suggests.
Denis Campbell Health policy editor.
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Jun 11, 2018
In-orbit services poised to become big business
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: business, government, robotics/AI, satellites
A transition is happening in the satellite business. Fast-moving technology and evolving customer demands are driving operators to rethink major investments in new satellites and consider other options such as squeezing a few more years of service out of their current platforms.
Which makes this an opportune moment for the arrival of in-orbit servicing.
Sometime in early 2019, the first commercial servicing spacecraft is scheduled to launch. The Mission Extension Vehicle built by Orbital ATK on behalf of subsidiary SpaceLogistics, will the first of several such robotic craft that are poised to compete for a share of about $3 billion worth of in-orbit services that satellite operators and government agencies are projected to buy over the coming decade.
Jun 10, 2018
AI cancer detectors
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI
Researchers suggest artificial intelligence is now better and faster at detecting cancer than clinicians.
Jun 10, 2018
Isaac Launches New Era of Autonomous Machines
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: food, robotics/AI
Computex—NVIDIA today announced the availability of NVIDIA® Isaac™, a new platform to power the next generation of autonomous machines, bringing artificial intelligence capabilities to robots for manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, construction and many other industries.
Launched at Computex 2018 by NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Isaac includes new hardware, software and a virtual-world robot simulator.
“AI is the most powerful technology force of our time,” said Huang. “Its first phase will enable new levels of software automation that boost productivity in many industries. Next, AI, in combination with sensors and actuators, will be the brain of a new generation of autonomous machines. Someday, there will be billions of intelligent machines in manufacturing, home delivery, warehouse logistics and much more.”
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Jun 10, 2018
Playing piano with a mind-controlled robotic arm
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI
The arm/hand probably intended for the ATLAS robot. I’d be curious if they are already playing with attaching it on to the robot.
The first person to live with a mind-controlled robotic arm is teaching himself piano. Johnny Matheny has spent the last five months with an advanced prosthetic, designed to replace the human hand and arm.
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Jun 10, 2018
America is unprepared for the “jobs apocalypse” automation will bring
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: economics, employment, robotics/AI
Millions of low-skilled workers who are already being pushed out will need to adapt to the new economy.
Jun 10, 2018
‘Til Deletion Do Us Part’: Discovering Love in a Virtual Future
Posted by B.J. Murphy in categories: biological, robotics/AI, virtual reality
What does it mean to fall in love in the 21st century? Originally, the number of people you could fall in love with were limited to the amount that lived within relative close proximity of you (a few miles, at best). In today’s world, however, it isn’t that uncommon for people to fall in love online.
As we move forward into a future of VR and AI, how might our abilities to fall in love change in a world where non-biological life is teeming just as much as biological life?
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Jun 10, 2018
Tesla’s version 9 software update is coming in August with first ‘full self-driving features’, says Elon Musk
Posted by Bill Kemp in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation
Tesla’s next major software update ‘version 9.0’ is now set for a release in August and it will include the first ‘full self-driving features’ for Autopilot 2.0 vehicles, says CEO Elon Musk.
Jun 10, 2018
Ethical Artificial Intelligence is the need of the hour
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
At a time when governments and organisations across the world are trying to harness the powerful technology, the need for an ethical AI has never been more important.